Abrasive composition.



UNITED STATEiETENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. DREESSEN AND WILLIS P. HUTSON, or MILWAUKEE, wIsooNsIN.

ABRASIVE COMPOSITION.

No. semen.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed March 12, 1901. Serial No. 361,900.

To all whom it may'cmi'cern: I

Be t known that-we, ALBERT F. DREESSEN and W ILLIs P. HUTsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the. county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsusceptible of a varietyof adaptations,-hasfor its prinfary obj ectthe provisionofa composition ofthe character stated for" use in connection with strops or the like designed for sharpening articles ofcutlery, .particularly razors. p

More particularly therefore, the-inventIon maybe said to reside in an improved hone or honing strop.

. The invention also ,includes .the novel method of preparing the ingredients of the composition, as alsofthe method of preparing a strop with the composition referred to applied thereto.

Our improved composition consists of the following ingredients: lb. spermaceti; 1 oz. flour emery; oz. emery(120 fine); teaspoonful of table salt; g; teaspoonful gra hite (enough to color) and common soap (a out 3othe size ofa ea)...

While We have stated the respective proportions ofthe materials constituting our composition, asabove, we desire it to be expressly understood that we do not intend to be hmited to the exact proportions stated,

as obviously it is within the spirit of the invention to Includethe several Ingredients in compositiomregzirdless of proportion, thosev stat-ed however, being found by us to make resultant p'rodcomposition, consisting ofv the following a very desirable and efiicient uct for the purpose.

In preparmg'the composition We melt the spermaceti and soap together, then. add the salt-and thoroughly mix the same until the salt .is dissolved, next adding emery (125 fine), mixing thoroughly, then the flour emery, mixing thesame and finally the graphite. The mixture is then allowed to cool until reaching a firm, hard consistency.

In the preferred applicationof the invention, that is, forming a honing strep or. the like, with the mixture applied thereto, we take a )ioce of suitable material to :onstitute a carrier or base, the said material being surface.

following ingredients: sperma'ceti,

V I preferably of the size of the ordinary razor stro and having absorbing properties. While practically any cloth maybe used to advantage, with the exception perhaps of woolen cloth, yet we havefound a very desirable base or carrier in a mixed cotton and line nweb, which is therefore the base or carrier preferred by us. To this base or carrier'is applied the mixture above specified, whichis previously re-heated to boihng temperature and in this condition applied. ,After having been thoroughly impregnated, the strop is allowed to cool until hardened, when the same is madesmooth throughthe medium of a heated iron or the like, after which it is again allowed to cool and subjected while in this cooled condition to a polishing process, resulting in giving thereto a hard glassy By the application stated, it should be borne in ,mind that the mixture thoroughly penetrates the web, and. makes a solid body, "and will therefore, not wear off to any conment than is'possible with the ordinary form of strop.

What weclaim is: 1. An abrasive compound comprising the emery, salt, graphite and soap.

2. A composition for,hones, strops, and the like comprising the following materials in about the proportions stated, lb. spermaceti, 1 oz. flour emery, oz. emer (substantially 120 fine), teaspoonful ta le salt, 1 teaspoonful graphite, .and common soap, (about the size of a pea.) w

3. The method of making an abrasive steps: first melting spermaceti and soap together, second adding and dissolving salt in the melted mixture, third, adding emery and thoroughly mixing and finally adding graph ite and allowing the mixture to cool and harden. I a

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses;

ALBERT F. DREESSEN. WILLIS P. HUTSON.

Witnesses.

CLAIRE ROETZER,

, GEORGE E. PAGE. 

